ANDY KING is desperately hoping the price to be paid for a Boxing Day boost won't be an injury bonanza ahead of Brentford's visit to Wiltshire. Town's 2-0 victory at London Road yesterday was not without cost as skipper Sean O'Hanlon (hamstring), David
THE Messenger Pub in Covingham has launched an appeal against a decision preventing it opening a beer garden. Swindon Council rejected the pub's plans on the grounds that an outdoor drinking area would be noisy and dangerously close to the road. But Greene
Ref. 22647-75A computer boffin who had almost 100,000 depraved image of child porn on his home computers allowed some to be shared with other internet users. Obsessive Lee Adams was told by a crown court judge that the pictures and movies were 'of the
SWINDON Council has apologised unreservedly for a mistake that left it 'shame faced'. Jon Cooper had returned to his Wroughton home to find an answer -phone message from the council saying that his partner Victoria Slatter was dead. Victoria was alive
Ref. 26741-03The dream family holiday of a Paddington rail crash survivor from Swindon has turned to disaster after the devastating tidal wave which engulfed part of Asia. And a couple from the town who were staying in Sri Lanka for their wedding today
A 70-year-old man has died days after his car collided with a van. The man, who has not been named, suffered a suspected fractured leg in a crash while driving his Peugeot 206 car at Battleslake crossroads on the B4696 near Wootton Bassett at 2.40pm on
AN APPEAL has been launched to re-roof the village church which inspired composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Vaughan Williams' father was the vicar of All Saints' Church in Down Ampney, near Fairford. And the beauty of the building was one of the inspirations
GAS company Transco will be embarking on essential safety projects in Station Road, Regent Circus, Victoria Road, Swindon in the New Year. The work is needed to replace old metal pipes with new plastic ones. The initial phase of the maintenance in Station
WALK off the excesses of Christmas while raising cash for sick children. The walk in aid of Make-A-Wish takes place in Coleshill today, starting in Old Carpenters Yard at 10am. Corporate sponsors will donate £1 for every walker.
FOLLOWING the success of this year's event, the Brinkworth Heritage Society will be holding its annual country show in September in 2005. This year's show boasted a range of countryside attractions for visitors, including dog shows, a produce and horticultural
Ref. 74295-82LINDA Kirby was worried that she would face not a white but a freezing Christmas. Her boiler packed in on December 20 but Swindon Council said its engineers would not be able to make it out until January 4. But after the Adver-tiser raised
Wiltshire County Council is urging people to think about fostering as one of their New Year's resolutions. There are currently 300 children and young people who are looked after by the council because they are unable to live with their own families. These
WE are a local group which tries to raise money for Naomi House, the hospice charity. We investigate ghost haunting and all our findings are on www.spiritseekers.org.uk. We would like readers to suggest a haunted place on our forum and we will investigate
I WOULD like to say a big thank you to all concerned at the Swindon and Cricklade Railway. My husband and I took our grandchildren on the Santa Special last weekend and we all thoroughly enjoyed it. The boys had a lovely gift each presented by a great
ON the question of immigration, in the 1901 census there were 287,000 aliens in Britain, an increase of 67,925 on the 1891 census. And 25,000 of these were from Italy, some of them brought here by Lord Northcliff to run the printing presses that produced
DOG wardens at Swindon Council are asking owners to keep their dogs safe over the festive period. Take care of your dogs by: Keeping a collar with ID disc on at all times. If you are staying or visiting a different address, it is advisable to put that
Ref. 72768-17 Jan AndersenAs 2004 reaches its final curtain, it is time for the Evening Advertiser to announce the contenders for Personality of the Year. And we are asking our readers to vote for who they think is most deserving of the special award.
DEFRA the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is urging people to recycle all their Christmas rubbish. The organisation says that during the festive season, people produce enough waste to fill 400,000 double-decker buses. And there will
Ref. Luke Stokes and his dog LadyDUMPED in a briefcase, thrown out of a car or abandoned in a bin liner. That is the tragic plight for hundreds of unwanted pets that are bought as a Christmas present but then abandoned. The Drove vets surgery in Swindon
Ref. 72768-17 Jan AndersenAs 2004 reaches its final curtain, it is time for the Evening Advertiser to announce the contenders for Personality of the Year. And we are asking our readers to vote for who they think is most deserving of the special award.
Ref. 74302-11FIREFIGHTERS had to use hydraulic machinery to rescue 15 people trapped in a town centre bank for nearly half an hour. The shoppers were stuck in the NatWest bank in Regent Street for 25 minutes after the doors refused to open. Swindon firefighters
LECHLADE town council will meet early in the New Year to set its annual precept. A meeting is scheduled for January 10 at 7pm in the council chamber. The precept is the amount the council charged residents for local services, such as grass cutting and
GET rid of those hangovers with a refreshing five-mile walk on New Year's Day. Local ramblers are inviting walkers to join them for the walk as part of the Ramblers Festival of Winter Walks. "People who start coming out with us are always amazed at how
CHILDREN at Old Court Community Pre-school in Wootton Bassett have been treated to a special cake as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. Separate parties were enjoyed by the different age groups, and Kooky the Clown was on hand to provide fun and
SWINDON firms ignored the Christmas killjoys and went ahead with their Christmas parties. It follows the publication of a checklist by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and the TUC, saying that firms should avoid poisoning or injuring
HERE is yet another major example of why both the Labour and Conservative parties are no longer safe to run our country. Some 180 MPs abstained in the ID card vote. The remainder mainly voted the way they were told to. G SCOTT Okus Road
Ref the article on hearing problems of ex-BMW workers, what about ex-br workers? Boilermakers were subjected to incessant noise all day every day, ie rivet guns at times only inches from one's ears. I have been almost deaf in my left ear for more years
In reply to S Halden and the UKIP promise to raise pensions by £25 a week. One question needs to be answered. How are you going to pay for it? Raise taxes, stop foreign aid, cut council grants, cut services? It is too late to go the same way as the Scandinavians
THE fact 800,000 people, including thousands in Swindon, have been prepared to pay £3.99 for the Band Aid single must be a cause for celebration. It is not so much the estimated £8m of aid money but the fact that so many people care enough about global
I AM writing to complain about the lack of public toilets in the centre of Swindon. Recently, I went into a well known department store, in the centre of Swindon to use the ladies. To my amazement I had to buy something to eat or drink before I was given
